Holder for cigarettes and cigars



Feb. 2,1926. O4 HENDLER HOLDER FOR CIGARETTES AND CIGARS Filed Dec. 4, 1

O ym-am Patented Feb. 2, 1926.

OSCAR HENDL ER, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA.

HOLDER FOR CIGARETTES AND CIGARS.

Application filed December 4, 1923. Serial No. 678,506.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, OSCAR HENDLER, a citizen of the Austrian Republic, and residing at 44' Hameaustrasse, Sallmannsdorf, Vienna, XVIII, Austria, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and Relating to Holders for Cigarettes and Cigars, of which the following is a specifi- V cation.

It has already been proposed to make cigar holders, in which the sucking in of air between the cigar and the holder is preventedby the cigar beinginserted into a central opening in an elastic annular disc, the rim of the opening being thereby expanded and thus caused to hold the cigar firmly. Such holders have the disadvantage that they are almost useless for cigarettes, owing to the fact that, through the forcible expansion of the edge of the opening in the elastic disc by the cigarette to be inserted, the latter is bound to be damaged, while it is very difiicut to remove the cigarette or cigar end from the holder, as it can only be released from the member holding it by a vigorous ull.

p The disadvantages are avoided in the cigarette or cigar holder according to the present invention, by the elastic packing insertion having the form of a sleeve, ring of approximately circular cross-section or the like and being adapted to be pressed by means of a screw cap or a slip-on cap against an abutment provided at the front of the opening in the holder, whereby the internal diameter of the elastic packing piece is reduced and the inner edge of the same is caused to press firmly against the cigarette or the like, while, on the cap being released,

the internal diameter of the packin insertion becomes greater again, so that the cigarette or cigar end can be removed from the holder without effort.

In the accompanying drawing the invention is illustrated by several constructional examples in longitudinal section.

Figure 1 is a part sectional elevation ofa cigarette holder provided with a packing in the form of a sleeve and with a screw cap.

Figure 2 illustrates the front end of a modification of the cigarette holder in sectional elevation with a screw-cap and a packing in the form of a ring of approximately circular cross section.

Figure 3 illustrates in sectional elevation a modification of the front part of the cigarette holdershowing a slip-on cap'and a packing in the-form of a sleeve, and

Figure 4 is a longitudinal section of the slip-on cap carrying the packing sleeve illustrated in Figure 3.

In the constructional form shown in Fig. 1 in the bore a of the holder 6 a partcis inserted, which part has a central hole and is provided with an external thread, on which the internally threaded part of a cap cl is screwed. The cap d isprovided with an internal sleeve 6 of rubber .or other elastic material, which is slightly thinned'down at the inner end and into which the cigarette or cigar is loosely inserted. The insertion piece 0 has an internal conical surface 7, on which the thinned-down edge of the elastic sleeve 0 bears, on the sleeve cl being screwed in, i. e. being displaced towards the mouthpiece of the holder, thus causing the sleeve to be forced inwards and its internal diameter to be reduced. The consequence of this is, that the sleeve 6 is caused to fit tightly around the cigarette or cigar and holds the same firmly. When the cigarette has been smoked, the cap 03 is raised by being turned and the sleeve 0 returns to its normal position, its internal diameter becoming greater, so that the cigarette end can be removed from the holder without trouble by blowing or by simply knocking.

In the constructional form shown in Fig. 2 the cap 03, which is screwed on to a threaded ring 9, contains an elastic non-flat ring 6 which, on the sleeve cl being screwed in, comes against the end surface f of the holder 6, is thereby compressed and reduced in its internal diameter, by which means the cigarette h is held: firmly and in an air-tight manner against the holder 1) by the ring 6 According to Fig. 3 the conical abutment surface f is not formed on a separate member as in Figure 1, but directly on the internal wall of the holder. In this case the cap 03 is not displaced by being screwed, but by being displaced axially, the part of the cap surrounding the holder 6 being slotted and therefore somewhat resilient, so that it can be clamped on the holder b to a greater or less depth, whereby the internal diameter of the packing sleeve may be varied.

In Fig. 4 another form of the cap (1 is shown. This form is provided, similarly to the cap shown in Fig. 3, with a. resilient rim and the packing sleeve 6 is held in the cap by the wall of the cap being beaded over prising 'i-ncombinati'on a hollowstein, an

inwardly, which at the same time protects the sleeve from being aifectedjby'th'e burn-= ing cigarette or cigar.

As the provision of the displaceable cap increases the length of the hollow space a in the holder, a pad of wadding can easily be inserted in these holders, without interfergrip exerted by the holder abutment surface at one end of the said stein; a caphaving a central bore and|"capabl'e of being placed on the said endof the stem' a-n'd' moved "axially with'respect to the' latter :andan'ellasticl annular packing member inthe said cap capable of being pressed against the said" abutment surface whereby the inner diameter of'the annular packing "ring is reduced and its inner surface is pressed firmly. against the cigarette or cigar, whilst when the cap is' removed the said inner diameter is again increased owing to the elastic properties of the ring so that the end of the cigarettelor cigar can be easily removed as and for the purpose set forth.

A holder for cigarettes and cigars, comprising in combination a hollow stem, a conical abutinentsurface at one end. of the said'stem, a'cap having a central bore and capable of being placed-on the said end of the stem and moved axially with respect to the latter and an elastic sleeve in the said cap having its end facing the conical abutment surface thinner than the rest of the sleeve and capable of being pressed against the said abutment surface, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification.

OSCAR HENDLER. 

